Which to use
“grillon” and “grillons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,362
- “grillon” frequency rank
- #49,688
- “grillons” frequency rank
- 97050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grillon | grillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genre d’insectes orthoptères dont les mâles produisent un bruit aigu et perçant par le frottement de leurs élytres. | Pluriel de grillon. |
Same sound, different letters: grillon vs grillons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: grillon vs grillons
This is the hard kind. grillon and grillons are pronounced identically (\ɡʁi.jɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “grillon” sits inside “grillons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grillon is recorded at frequency rank #47,362, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁi.jɔ̃\. grillons is at rank #49,688, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁi.jɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 97050, this pair ranks #465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grillon vs grillons
Shared letters: gilnor. Private to "grillon": -. Private to "grillons": s.
"grillon" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grillons" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grillon" and "grillons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "grillon" vs "grillons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "grillon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grillon" and "grillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gallons vs grillons". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #465 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.